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Times Advocate, 1993-02-03, Page 12Page 12 Times -Advocate, February 3, 1993 Zurich skaters doing well in nal competitio By [lareae1Bwrauey ZURICH - The Bich .and urea Figure Skating Club has been busy these past few months at their les- sons on 'both Tuesdays and Satur- days. President Sheila Miller of Dash- wood reports that 11 members of the club took part in the HOME (Huron Oxford Middlesex Elgin) Competition in Port Stanley last weekend. All skaters did well in "their own categories. Sixteen Zurich skaters will also be taking part in the annual Glen- coe Sweet Heart Competition on Valentines Day. The club is busy geeing ready for their big event of the year - the an- nual .-1 skating carnival which will be held at the arena on Sunday March 28. Teen Donee The Zurich Optimist Club will be sponsoring another ,chaperoned teen dance this Friday at tate Com- munity Centre from 7-10 pin. for ages 11.15. Music will be provid- ed by Hook's Party Sound and ad mission is $3 at the door. Line Dancistg All local seniors are invited to drop in .at the Hay Township Hall in Zurich on Monday afternoons in February at 1 p.m. for line dancing exercise, followed by a few games of cards and socializing. Back in Time from the archives of the Times -Advocate 10 Years Ago February '2, 1983 - Exeter Public Utilities Commission manager Hugh Davis was honoured for completion of 25 years in that position. The 30th anniversary of South Huron Hospital will be celebrated Thursday night of this week and first board chairman Elmer Bell will be present to set the lights aglow on a very unusual cake. Bobby Hull, the Golden JetriiMaid-ey will be the head- line speaker at next Tuesntlu''s sanmual Exeter Lions Sportsmen's Dinner. . Agile 45th anniversary of the Exeter Lions Club Thurs- day night, Bob Dinney receivetf a 35 year service pin from Deputy District Governor John Stephens. Representatives of four major fund raising organizations met last week in an effort to avoid any overlapping in their campaigns. The groups were the March of Dimes, Heart and Stroke Foundation, the Cancer Society and the South Huron Association for the Mentally Handicapped. 25 Years Ago February 1, 1968 -The South Huron Association for the Mentally Retarded formed at a meeting in Exeter Thurs- day got off to an almost unbelievable start. About 150 per - ;sins attended and Ron Heimrich.was named president. "That's it for sugar beets in Western Ontario". That was the comment of Lloyd Lovell of Exeter after he learned that the Canada and Dominion Sugar Company had de- cided to close down its plant in Chatham. Lovell is a vice- president of the Ontario Sugar Beet Growers Marketing Board. Percy Noels of Stephen township received a Centennial medal for his untiring efforts in heading up the Stephen Centennial committee. An outbreak of red measles hit Exeter Public School this week and principal Arthur Idle said some days, more ••an 50 percent of the students in grades one, two and e were missing. The Huron County TB Association reports that the lighted cigarette between the lips of six million Canadians represents in the opinion of many doctors the greatest health problem in the country today. 50 Years Ago February 4, 1943 - Through Huron county council's re- forestration program, Exeter residents will be.able to se- cure shade trees for their properties. J.M. Southoott has been named chairman of the Exeter Arena committee . Receipts for the year 1942 were $2,441.68 resulting in a net profit of $129.07. The sun was out Tuesday morning and if the ground hog can burrow through the deep snow we should be in for six more weeks of winter. At the annual meting of the Crediton Red Cross com- mittee, sewing convener Mrs. Wilfred ,Mack reported 158 articles made. Mrs. Mose Feist said 101 quilts were put to- gether- and 372 knitted articles including 76 pairs of socks were made available for the armed forces. A three -act play, "Mystery at Midnight" will be present- ed Friday at the Fairfield School with proceeds going to the Russian Relief Fund. Admission is 25 and 15 cents. "This office closed for the duration of the war" sign was tacked on 90 dental offices in Western Ontario this week. That's the number of dentists from Military J4str'iet tat that have joined tine Cant,'lian Dental Corps. 100 Years Ago February 2, 1893 - Another boot and shoe store has been established in town with Mr. T.E. McDonagah as proprietor. He has opened out a large stock belonging to the trade in Jackson's Black and no doubt will command a large share of the patronage. A large part of the smoke stack at the Clinton Organ Factory was blown down Saturday last. Quite an exciting time was experienced in rig it. Messrs. Coursey Bros. of Uatan have entered their cele- brated Clydesdale stallion Mr. Joe Anderson in the World Fair competition in Chicago. One day last week when Mr. Thomas Cameron of the Thames Read in Usborne,township butchered a cow he found unusual items in its stomach. They included a three- inch nail, a nail more than two inches long and two shingle tails. How the nails got there is a mystery, as the cow did not show syn ptotns of anything being wrong. At the Exetermarkets, wheat is 66 cents a bushel, chick- ens six cents a pound, pork ..*140.to $&S0 .per hundred acrd potatoes SO vents a hasjlel. .be football match on Tuesday between the Plugtown end Famnbar schools was won 2-1 by the Farquhar boys. r i The seniors are also reminded they hove bowling every Thursday afternoon at the Lanes from 2-4 p.m. Quilting Women from several Zurich churches are busy quilting this week at St. Peter's Parish Fellow- ship Hall. They are working on two quilts as an ecumenical com- munity project. Volleyball The Monday Night Volleyball League will be having a tourna- ment this Saturday. There will be 14 teams in all. Those from the Zu- rich area will be joined by one team from London and another from Parkhill. The games will run from 8 a.m. to about midnight on courts at both the arena and St. Boniface School. Spectators are welcome. Another volleyball tournament' is being planned for February 20 at the same locations. Twenty teams are expected. Dog tags The 1993 Zurich dog tags will soon be due. If anyone has a new dog not on the list, they can call Carmel Sweeney at 236-4702. Personals The Town and Country Bowling Lanes held an open house on Sun- day to show off their newly - renovated building. Paul and Dorothy Ducharme have returned home from a month's vacation in St. Petersburg Florida. While they were there, they were joined for two weeks by relatives Ted and Nancy Ducharme. Birthday wishes this week go to Cecile Meidinger on January 25, and to Glen Weido. Gerry Banks from Toronto spent the past month visiting with.hor sis- ter Cecile Meidinger and family. A large family get together fol- lowed the baptism of Allison Groot at Mt. Carmel Church on Sunday. Mike and Lori Masse, Beuy and Gary Regier, and Steve and Tanis Denomme returned home from a week's vacation in Cuba. ices r discusses safety with Zurich seniors By Gertte Fleiscbaaer ZURICH - The Senior Diners enjoyed another delicious dinner Wednesday, January 27 with 50 tt. Tammy Antaya welcomed all• diners and visitors and informed '-hem of upcoming events. Mari- lee Ayote was the 50/50 winner... - A poem (Winter Evenings on the Farm) was read by Gwen Mc Keller,' Guest speaker O.P.P. George Finch warned the Seniors on various ways of protecting`them- selves from door to door sales- men, including telephone calls. His talk was much appreciated by the diners. 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